Wednesday, 28 December 2016

From
Chennakesava Perumal temple to Armenian Street, we could see some heritage
buildings like Ebrahim Currim & Sons, YMCA, etc,. One such 170 years old Heritage
building is the Pachaiyappa’s College Higher Secondary School. The entrance is
very narrow with a court yard at the centre. The ceiling are of Madras roof
supported by the Burma teak wood and mangalore tiles are used on the top floor.
The school conducts classes from 9th
to 12th standard. The first two floors are occupied by the Govinda Naicker secondary school, which runs classes
from 6th to 8th Standard.

Late
Sri C N Annadurai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister studied in this school. In ( 1839
AD ) those days the fees are collected
only from the students who are afford to pay. The school is the first Govt aided school in
Tamil nadu. Due to lack of fund the school authorities could not maintain it.
In addition to this, admission to this school is a problem.

The
retired head master Mr Jeyachandran. who
had 33 years of experience in the same school, had invested his retirement
benefit of 4 lakhs towards the maintenance of the school. Also the teachers are
making their full effort to enrol the new
students even during holidays. The details are given in the THE HINDU news paper.